question for FELLOWSHIP And OTHER members

[LITTLEBISHOP]

Hey Fellowship, I am hoping you might be able to help me with a problem ( any other members are welcom to jump in!) I know that you have done quite a bit of restoration on your seacraft, and I was wondering if you have ever seen ant thing like this.O.K. here it goes. After using my 23 1973 seacraft sceptre for one season then taking it out of the water last fall I noticed a crappy repair job done on the centerline ( in the bow section) it looks like the previous owner patched a section of the foward keel with one strip of fiberglass cloth, after peeling it off I noticed an ugly spot ( it seems as though the boat was either run aground or years of beaching the boat had left a bare , worn section of original hull) The spot was so worn that a gentle push with a scredriver tip went right thru the hull. After seeing this I decided to study the west system book on hull repair. So I sanded out the bad repair and while doing so I dislodged some soft ,poorly placed sealent, I think from a previous repair. After cleaning the area ,I found the foward stringer, Damp but not too bad. The weird thing is that the fiberglass in the bow section is about 1/4'' thick, but then it becomes solid on each side of the stringer. When I put my finger in the hole I find A HOLLOW space running about 10" foward and aft of the hole. I'm thinking the best way to repair it is to inject epoxy into the HOLLOW voids, let it dry then put a few layers of cloth on top, then fair and sand. Do you have any better ideas? If you send my your Email address, I can sent you some PHOTOS, That way you can really see what I'm talking about! That goes for any other member who wants to help out! Thanks Marc littlebishop@erols.com THE HOLES in the photo are about 3''x 2''

[ June 25, 2002, 02:21 PM: Message edited by: MARC ]